11/27/2022 0 Comments Lany malibu nights album cover![]() ![]() Behind him is a wall full of posters - his quarantine mood wall - depicting people, places or things that have inspired the album art, merch and tour wardrobe (for whenever a tour is able to happen) for mama’s boy. Goss and Priest are not with Klein, but he’s also not alone. It’s my turn to ask a question about what I see through my Zoom screen. Now, it’s like, where are you from? And I’m like, Dog, I’m from Oklahoma! And I sa y it with a certain pride because if I can do it, you can do it.” It used to be people would ask,, Oh, you know, I lived in Nashville for a little bit writing songs. Once you’re proud, then you’re like, Dude, I’m from Oklahoma. ![]() ![]() It’s not until you experience some sort of success - it doesn’t have to be, like, monumental in the grand scheme of the things, but you achieve some sort of success that you feel proud of. Everybody talks about it, but nobody actually does it. I’m assuming you left Kansas City because you wanted to go to New York because you wanted to pursue opportunity and get outside of the Midwest. “ Because if you’re from Kansas City, or if I’m from Oklahoma, you don’t really like to talk about that. Klein needed that validation in order to lean into his roots. Altogether, 5.8 million-plus social media followers and 415,000 concertgoers are committed LANY stans. The three-man dream-pop band landed on the Billboard Album Chart with 2018’s Malibu Nights. LANY has not had trouble putting themselves on the map, though, since releasing their self-titled debut album in 2017. “We always talk about being a band for the world and wanting to reach as many people as possible, and I feel very confident that there’s at least one song on this album for everybody.” “It’s us opening our arms as wide as we can and just being like, Yo, we’re trying to make stuff for everybody ,” Klein says. But mama’s boy represents LANY proudly establishing geographical identity - drummer Jake Goss is from Arkansas and guitarist Les Priest is from Missouri - while sharing messages that can be felt universally. Being in a band called LANY, an acronym for Los Angeles New York, is a convenient veil. If this conversation had happened at any other point in time, it’s more likely that Klein would not have been so keen to disclose that he’s from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and lived in Kansas City, Missouri, too. “Go Chiefs! I’ve been a Chiefs fan my entire life. “That is amazing!” the 31-year-old frontman says. Paul Klein answers my question about how he identified subject matter for LANY’s third studio album mama’s boy with a question of his own: “Is that a Kansas City t-shir t?” I confirm that, yes, I am wearing a Kansas City Chiefs shirt. ![]() We just hope our dear Paul is doing well.Frontman Paul Klein talks through the band’s Midwestern-rooted, Ralph Lauren-inspired, universally themed statement album. Tracks like “Thru These Tears,” “Thick and Thin,” “I Don’t Wanna Love You Anymore,” “If You See Her,” and “Valentine’s Day” possess that comforting LANY vibe with a certain freshness that listeners will appreciate.Įxploring a more R&B-centric sound, tracks like “Taking Me Back,” “Let Me Know,” and title track “Malibu Nights” delights the senses in every way while tea-spiller “Run” just might make some headlines as it embodies that “oh shit” factor of Justin Timberlake’s 2002 hit, “Cry Me A River.”Ĭrafted so poignantly, the tracks on Malibu Nights will have you reminiscing on old flames and bitter ends as the sun sets and all that surrounds you is solitude and a clear mind. But don’t fret! That classic LANY feel is still alive and well. Where LANY’s previous material used to be drenched in lust and the bittersweet feeling of falling for someone, Malibu Nights takes the band’s entire sound and aesthetic & brings it up a notch to bring listeners some of the best breakup anthems you will hear all year. It’s been the most productive 45 days of my life.” I feel so much more in touch with who I am and how I think and feel. I’m not just a better writer and a better artist, I’m a better person. “I’m so proud of how I walked through that season. After the release of their self-titled debut in 2017, LANY fans certainly were not expecting a follow up release so soon, but when inspiration strikes, you gotta roll with it.Īfter a very public breakup, singer Paul Klein went into hiding to create what we now know as Malibu Nights – a collection of songs written during “the worst 45 days” of the singer’s life. ![]()
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